Sponsored by: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program

A workshop series designed for MIT graduate students interested in “making a positive difference” in their chosen fields. Grounded in research but experiential and engaging in delivery, these workshops will build practical skills for future engineers and technology professionals.

This series is offered through the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program in collaboration with a group of leading graduate engineering students. Graduate MIT students are encouraged to attend the entire series and those doing so will receive a special recognition.

Details

January 14–28, 2019

Workshop schedule:

Leading New Teams

Monday, January 14
12:30–4:30 pm
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How do you turn a smart group of people into a committed and effective team? This is not easy to achieve and our workshop will help you learn to build real teams, right from the start.

Leadership Development

Tuesday, January 15
12:30–3:30 pm
36-156

Grad engineers are expected to have technical mastery of their chosen fields, but are they prepared with the professional and leadership skills to put the expertise to work? Attend this town hall session alongside alumni and MIT representatives to critically examine MIT’s leadership development for grad engineers. Attendees have a chance to provide feedback on upcoming leadership programming in the School of Engineering.

Motivating and Developing Others

Tuesday, January 22
12:30–4:30 pm
36-156

At the heart of leadership lies the ability to inspire people without relying on authority. The goal of this workshop is to build practical skills for motivating and developing others.

Mastering Constructive Conflict

Thursday, January 24
12:30–4:30 pm
36-156

In a safe and open environment, conflict can serve an essential role in building collective capacity for creativity, innovation, and group learning. Learn how conflict can achieve these constructive outcomes.

Discovering & Developing Your Strengths

Monday, January 28
12:30–4:30 pm
36-156

In this final session, you’ll learn how to discover your leadership strengths and invent career pathways for putting them to work. We’ll be joined by John Strackhouse, who advises some of todays top leaders in technology.

Limited to 35; participants are encouraged to attend the entire series. To enroll, email Lisa Stagnone at lstag@mit.edu.

Contact: David Nino, dnino@mit.edu

For more information, visit the IAP website.